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Brian Halligan is back as CEO of HubSpot, and the company's stock went up.

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HubSpot's latest quarter beat analyst estimates, and it raised its full-year profit and sales forecasts. But fourth-quarter forecasts trail estimates, and the founder's AI plan has no reported results, so the news does not clearly change its outlook.

HUBS · HubSpot Inc.

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The recent quarter beat analyst estimates, and the higher full-year ranges point to more expected profit and sales. But the fourth-quarter forecasts fall short of estimates. Under Rangan, HubSpot's customers grew from 135,000 to more than 311,000, and annual sales rose from $1.3 billion to an expected $3.7 billion. Halligan plans to reshape products, sales and culture around AI, but the story reports no results from that plan. Taken together, the news does not clearly change HubSpot's outlook.

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Adobe finance executive Karen Burgess will join HubSpot and become its CFO. The story reports no change to Adobe's business or results, so it does not clearly change Adobe's outlook.

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